AS in Health Administrative Services from Colorado Technical University
What the School Says: With new job openings and opportunities being created every day, the healthcare field is one of the fastest growing and high demand fields around. Colorado Technical University offers students the opportunity to earn an associate degree in health administrative services with the successful completion of a degree program, requiring a total of 94 credit hours, which should generally take about 2 years to complete. The program is divided by general education requirements, consisting of 44 credit hours, and core course requirements, consisting of 50 credit hours. The general education requirement includes courses including composition, accounting, mathematics, psychology, professional success, and career planning, while the core course requirement includes courses in anatomy and physiology, healthcare statistics and research, healthcare concepts, medical terminology, and medical reimbursements, amongst others. The tuition rate for this program is $265 per credit hour and financial aid options are available to students that qualify for assistance.
What We Say: Students that earn their associate degree in health administrative services from Colorado Technical University are able explain the ethical and legal issues surrounding the field, and can demonstrate administrative duties as they relate to the healthcare field. After completing this program, many students begin entry level jobs as medical office secretaries or medical transcriptionists. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical office secretaries earned an annual median salary of $29,680 in 2008, and medical transcriptionists earned a median annual salary of $32,060 in 2008. Additionally, employment projections by the bureau estimate job opportunities to increase by 27% for medical secretaries, and 11% for medical transcriptionists, by 2018. With healthcare being of the fastest growing fields, a degree in the field, would most likely be beneficial in job opportunities for employers looking to employ well trained and skilled employees.
